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Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue

Ron Ramirez
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06-21-2018, 09:32 PM

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Here is the third electrolytic, all restuffed and waiting for me to solder the proper connector on the positive end. Then it will be mounted on the chassis.

It contains two Solen Fast 8.2 uF caps connected in parallel for a total of 16.4 uF. Slightly less than 18 but should be OK given the very loose tolerances of electrolytics back in the day.

Why didn't you use two 10s, or a 10 and an 8.2?

Simple - those combinations would not have fit in this can. As it was, I had to modify the top of this can to make it work. Even then, two 8.2 uF caps just barely fit inside. They are truly jammed in there.

I checked for shorts and there were none. Then I tested its capacitance - 16.74 uF. Icon_thumbup

I am hoping to fire this radio up for the first time this weekend.

Oh, by the way, I shall face another problem soon - how to get the dial pointer off so that I may replace the dial scale. That pointer is really frozen on the shaft thanks to rust. Any suggestions welcome.

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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN

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Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-03-2018, 02:38 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-03-2018, 02:47 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-03-2018, 05:48 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-03-2018, 06:40 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-03-2018, 08:14 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Steve Davis - 06-04-2018, 09:00 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-05-2018, 05:20 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Electrothaumaturgist - 06-05-2018, 05:47 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-06-2018, 09:15 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-06-2018, 09:25 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-08-2018, 10:45 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Electrothaumaturgist - 06-09-2018, 07:58 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-09-2018, 10:43 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-09-2018, 11:26 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-10-2018, 12:06 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-10-2018, 08:11 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-10-2018, 07:05 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-10-2018, 08:05 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-10-2018, 09:29 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-10-2018, 09:44 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-10-2018, 09:53 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by EdHolland - 06-11-2018, 12:32 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Electrothaumaturgist - 06-11-2018, 12:42 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-12-2018, 09:37 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Kenneth F. Besso Jr. - 06-13-2018, 08:07 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-13-2018, 11:40 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-14-2018, 03:23 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-14-2018, 06:21 AM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-14-2018, 09:11 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by EdHolland - 06-14-2018, 10:07 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-15-2018, 02:14 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by mikethedruid - 06-15-2018, 05:39 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-17-2018, 12:31 AM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-17-2018, 08:42 AM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-17-2018, 10:21 AM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-18-2018, 03:41 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-19-2018, 09:34 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-20-2018, 09:47 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-21-2018, 05:08 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-21-2018, 09:32 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Paul Philco322 - 06-21-2018, 09:51 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-22-2018, 04:27 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-22-2018, 10:45 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-22-2018, 10:53 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-22-2018, 11:48 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2018, 08:03 AM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2018, 10:22 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2018, 04:58 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Steve Davis - 06-23-2018, 05:33 PM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-23-2018, 06:14 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2018, 06:29 PM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2018, 11:19 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-24-2018, 03:42 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-24-2018, 08:38 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-24-2018, 11:32 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Paul Philco322 - 06-24-2018, 11:52 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-24-2018, 12:10 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-24-2018, 01:18 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-24-2018, 01:45 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-24-2018, 02:49 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-24-2018, 05:28 PM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-24-2018, 08:15 PM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-02-2018, 10:00 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 07-02-2018, 11:37 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Eliot Ness - 07-03-2018, 07:42 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-03-2018, 10:37 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 07-04-2018, 04:17 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by jcassity - 07-04-2018, 09:21 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-05-2018, 06:26 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-05-2018, 08:00 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-05-2018, 08:02 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-05-2018, 08:05 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Eliot Ness - 07-05-2018, 08:47 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Electrothaumaturgist - 07-05-2018, 09:29 PM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by EdHolland - 07-06-2018, 12:18 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 07-06-2018, 12:21 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-06-2018, 10:26 AM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-09-2018, 09:15 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Paul Philco322 - 07-09-2018, 09:26 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Dan Walker - 07-09-2018, 09:31 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-10-2018, 12:57 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 07-11-2018, 06:16 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-11-2018, 07:15 PM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-12-2018, 09:42 PM

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